GE Rally - Holland Bukit Timah, (SDP)

With the closest fought elections with 82 of 87 seats of parliament being contested in this GE elections, my family and i were very interested in this year's elections. We went for 2 rallies, watching a SDP rally and a PAP rally. The SDP rally really caught my attention. It was held in a huge field beside a HDB flat and about 20,000 people turned up to watch the rally. The whole place was completely packed. The HDB flat's overlooking the field had 20 people per level lining up beside the railings to have a good look at the rally going on. It was certainly a very interesting atmosphere. When we first arrived, we had to drive around for 15 minutes, to get a parking space 6 blocks away! It was that packed. We had no clear direction on how to get there but the sounds of the gramaphone and the cheering crowd led us to easily find the position. My sister and I squeezed through the crowds to get to the booths first. The booths were filled with SDP supporting goodies and my favourite was a sticker saying "say no to 10% GST " with the 0 a PAP sign. 2 speakers really caught my attention. Ms Michelle Lee and Vincent Wijeysingha. Ms Michelle Lee was an RGS student and her points were most clear and silenced the cheering crowd when she spoke. Whenever something good was said the whole crowd would cheer. Vincent Wijeysingha was the most anticipated the speaker and thus spoke last. He made many jokes to rouse the crowd and soon it was clear everyone was interested in what he had to say. When i left, it really affected me and i saw how the opposition was thinking of the Elections. It was a very interesting experience and i their words made a great impact on my decision for electing 10 years in the future.